# Fifth French legislative constituency for citizens abroad

The fifth French legislative constituency for citizens abroad (cinquième circonscription des Français établis hors de France) is one of eleven constituencies each electing one representative of French citizens abroad to the French National Assembly.
This constituency elected its first ever representative at the 2012 French legislative election - Arnaud Leroy of the Socialist Party.
The election of Samantha Cazebonne of LREM in 2017 was invalidated by the Constitutional Council. Cazebonne was elected at the subsequent by-election.

## Area

This constituency covers four countries: Portugal, Spain, Andorra and Monaco. As of New Year's Day 2011, it contained 116,196 registered French voters. The bulk of these, 89,391, were living in Spain, while 15,049 were living in Portugal, 8,302 in Monaco (a microstate which has a border only with France), and 3,454 in Andorra (a microstate, between Spain and France, of which the President of France is ex officio Co-Prince).

## Deputies

| Election | Member | Party |
| 2012 | Arnaud Leroy | PS |
| 2017 | Samantha Cazebonne | LREM |
| 2018 by-election | Samantha Cazebonne | LREM |
| 2021 | Stéphane Vojetta | LREM |
| 2022 | Stéphane Vojetta | LREM diss. |
| 2024 | Stéphane Vojetta | DVC |

## Election results
### 2024

| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Alliance | First round | First round | Second round | Second round |
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Alliance | Votes | % | Votes | % |
| | Stéphane Vojetta | DVC | Ensemble | 14,492 | 33.68 | 25,894 | 61.47 |
| | Maxime Da Silva | LFI | NFP | 11,267 | 26.18 | 16,230 | 38.53 |
| | Johana Maurel | RN | | 8,385 | 19.49 | | |
| | José Sanchez Perez | LR | UDC | 2,227 | 5.17 | | |
| | Jeremie Fosse | DVG | | 2,161 | 5.02 | | |
| | Yohann Castro | DVD | | 2,069 | 4.81 | | |
| | Béatrice Mazel | REC | | 794 | 1.85 | | |
| | Sarah Millot | DVG | | 587 | 1.36 | | |
| | Alexandre Marie | DVG | | 353 | 0.82 | | |
| | Jean-François Calvet | DSV | | 308 | 0.72 | | |
| | Maud Lagarde | DIV | | 187 | 0.43 | | |
| | Christophe Brenier | DIV | | 132 | 0.31 | | |
| | David Nataf | DIV | | 70 | 0.16 | | |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 43,031 | 100.00 | 42,124 | 100.00 |
| Blank votes | Blank votes | Blank votes | Blank votes | 591 | 1.35 | 2,957 | 6.54 |
| Null votes | Null votes | Null votes | Null votes | 70 | 0.16 | 123 | 0.27 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 43,692 | 37.83 | 45,204 | 39.14 |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | 71,810 | 62.17 | 70,293 | 60.86 |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | 115,502 | | 115,497 | |
| Source: ||||||||
| Result | Result | Result | Result | DVC HOLD | DVC HOLD | DVC HOLD | DVC HOLD |

### 2022

Legislative Election 2022: 5th constituency for French citizens overseas :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | EELV (NUPÉS) | Renaud Le Berre | 6,942 | 27.89 | -8.03 |
| | LREM | Stéphane Vojetta* | 6,123 | 24.60 | N/A |
| | LREM (Ensemble) | Manuel Valls | 4,024 | 16.17 | −8.43 |
| | REC | Nicolas Chamoux | 1,931 | 7.76 | N/A |
| | LR (UDC) | Laurent Goater | 1,775 | 7.13 | −6.82 |
| | DVE | José Sánchez Pérez | 1,085 | 4.36 | N/A |
| | RN | Serge Bies | 999 | 4.01 | N/A |
| | DIV | Claire Behar | 665 | 2.67 | N/A |
| | FGR | Maria Isabel de Sousa Teixeira | 510 | 2.05 | N/A |
| | Les Patriotes | Marc Ridelle | 396 | 1.59 | N/A |
| | Volt | Robin Fontaine | 375 | 1.51 | N/A |
| | Abertzale | Garbiñe Eraso | 66 | 0.27 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 24,891 | 23.99 | +16.12 |
| 2nd round result ||||||
| | LREM | Stéphane Vojetta* | 14,836 | 57.26 | N/A |
| | EELV (NUPÉS) | Renaud Le Berre | 11,073 | 42.74 | −3.30 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 25,909 | 25.96 | +17.99 |
| | LREM hold | LREM hold | LREM hold | LREM hold |
* LREM dissident

### 2018 by-election

| Candidate | Candidate | Party | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round |
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | +/– | Votes | % | +/– |
| | Samantha Cazebonne | REM–MoDem–UDI | 2,398 | 35.15 | –15.21 | 3,623 | 53.96 | –12.25 |
| | François Ralle-Andreoli | FI–EELV–PCF–G.s | 1,941 | 28.45 | +12.93 | 3,091 | 46.04 | +12.25 |
| | Raphaël Chambat | LR–LC–CPNT | 952 | 13.95 | –1.15 | | | |
| | Jean-Laurent Poitevin | DVD | 511 | 7.49 | +7.49 | | | |
| | Mehdi Benlahcen | PS | 510 | 7.47 | –0.66 | | | |
| | Ludovic Lemoues | EXD | 275 | 4.03 | +3.28 | | | |
| | Yohann Castro | DVD | 122 | 1.79 | +1.79 | | | |
| | Michel Hunault | DVD | 63 | 0.92 | +0.92 | | | |
| | Samir Sahraoui | SE | 51 | 0.75 | +0.75 | | | |
| Votes | Votes | Votes | 6,823 | 100.00 | – | 6,714 | 100.00 | – |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 6,823 | 98.03 | –1.15 | 6,714 | 95.26 | –0.39 |
| Blank votes | Blank votes | Blank votes | 87 | 1.25 | +0.76 | 203 | 2.88 | –0.49 |
| Null votes | Null votes | Null votes | 50 | 0.72 | +0.39 | 131 | 1.86 | +0.89 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,960 | 7.87 | –8.07 | 7,048 | 7.97 | –5.57 |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | 81,495 | 92.13 | +8.07 | 81,360 | 92.03 | +5.57 |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | 88,455 | | | 88,408 | | |
| Source: Ministère de l’Europe et des Affaires étrangères (first round), (second round) |||||||||

### 2017

| Candidate | Candidate | Label | First round | First round | Second round | Second round |
| Candidate | Candidate | Label | Votes | % | Votes | % |
| | Samantha Cazebonne | REM | 7,274 | 50.36 | 7,828 | 66.21 |
| | François Ralle-Andreoli | FI | 2,242 | 15.52 | 3,995 | 33.79 |
| | Laurence Sailliet | LR | 2,182 | 15.11 | | |
| | Gabrielle Siry [fr] | PS | 1,175 | 8.13 | | |
| | Natacha Barral | FN | 818 | 5.66 | | |
| | Hubert Patural | DVD | 206 | 1.43 | | |
| | Alexis Boudaud-Anduaga | ECO | 126 | 0.87 | | |
| | Olivia Tholance | DIV | 113 | 0.78 | | |
| | Éric Morgeau | EXD | 108 | 0.75 | | |
| | Benjamin Leduc | DVD | 85 | 0.59 | | |
| | Caroline Guébel | DIV | 59 | 0.41 | | |
| | Venise Jonnet | DIV | 51 | 0.35 | | |
| | Olivier Hennebelle | DIV | 6 | 0.04 | | |
| | Chloé Teyssou | DVD | 0 | 0.00 | | |
| Votes | Votes | Votes | 14,445 | 100.00 | 11,823 | 100.00 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 14,445 | 99.18 | 11,823 | 95.66 |
| Blank votes | Blank votes | Blank votes | 71 | 0.49 | 417 | 3.37 |
| Null votes | Null votes | Null votes | 48 | 0.33 | 120 | 0.97 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 14,564 | 15.94 | 12,360 | 13.54 |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | 76,810 | 84.06 | 78,931 | 86.46 |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | 91,374 | | 91,291 | |
| Source: Ministry of the Interior |||||||

### 2012
#### Candidates

The list of candidates was officially finalised on 14 May. There were thirteen candidates:
The Union for a Popular Movement initially chose Minister of Industry Éric Besson as its candidate. A former Socialist MP, Besson joined the UMP in 2007 and was appointed to President Nicolas Sarkozy's government. In December 2011, however, the party announced that Laurence Sailliet, its national secretary for the Iberian Peninsula, would be its candidate. Francis Huss was her deputy (suppléant).
The Socialist Party chose Arnaud Leroy, a resident of Lisbon. He worked for the European Maritime Safety Agency, as an expert on environmental protection and climate change. Formerly a member of The Greens, he joined the Socialist Party, stating that political ecology should become a central issue in the renovation of social-democratic ideas. His deputy (suppléante) was Soledad Margareto, a resident of Madrid.
Juliette Estivil, originally from Spain and a member of the Left Party, was the chosen candidate of the Left Front, which also included the French Communist Party. She was a teacher of Spanish. Her deputy (suppléant) was Bruno Fialho.
Europe Écologie–The Greens chose Carolina Punset, with Stéphane Etcheverry as her deputy (suppléant). A resident of Altea, in Spain, Punset was a municipal councillor in her home town.
The National Front chose Alain Lavarde, with Jacques Struzynski as his deputy (suppléant).
The centre-right Radical Party and the centrist Republican, Ecologist and Social Alliance jointly chose Richard Onses, a resident of Barcelona, as their candidate. He was also a member of the centre-right Catalan party Convergence and Union. Guy-Michel Sembres was his deputy (suppléant).
The Radical Party of the Left chose Muriel Guenoux, with Stéphane Grandpierre as her deputy (suppléant).
Jean-Bastien Urfels, a resident of Spain working as headmaster in a French school, was the candidate endorsed by Arise the Republic. Norman Ledoux was his deputy (suppléant).
Solidarity and Progress, the French branch of the LaRouche movement, was represented by Sébastien Drochon, with Karim Bakouri as his deputy (suppléant).
The Liberal Democratic Party chose Sophie Levamis. A resident of Hendaye, in the French Pyrenees, she argued that expatriates should choose a candidate who lived in France and would thus be "independent from every country" in their constituency. Jan Laarman was her deputy (suppléant).
Prince Charles Philippe, Duke of Anjou, grandson of Henri, Count of Paris (the Orléanist claimant to the throne of France until his death), stood (under the name Charles-Philippe d'Orléans) as an independent candidate, with the expressed hope of joining a "recomposed centre-right party" after the election. He was a resident of Portugal, and former resident of Spain. Sylvie Gourgeon was his deputy (suppléante).
Bernard Soulier, an economist and resident of Madrid, stood as an independent candidate. Pascale Lagneaux was his deputy (suppléante).
Catherine N'Guyen Thi Minh was an independent candidate, with Michel Rioche as her deputy.

#### Results

As in other constituencies, turnout in the first round was low: 19.5% in Portugal, 20% in Monaco, 20.5% in Spain, and 22.1% in Andorra. The result was the closest of any of the eleven expatriate constituencies, with UMP candidate Laurence Sailliet taking a 1.33% lead (217 votes). She finished first in Andorra and Monaco, while her Socialist rival Arnaud Leroy was first in Spain and Portugal. (Leroy was only third in Monaco, behind National Front candidate Alain Lavarde.) Juliette Estivil obtained the Left Front's joint best result abroad (fourth with 8.61%), matched by Raquel Garrido in the first constituency. Charles-Philippe d'Orléans obtained only 3% of the vote overall, but did finish fourth in Portugal, his country of residence, with 7.37%, and fourth also in Monaco, with 5.33%.
Legislative Election 2012: Overseas residents 5 - 2nd round :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | PS | Arnaud Leroy | 8,485 | 52.67 | − |
| | UMP | Laurence Sailliet | 7,624 | 47.33 | − |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | PS win (new seat) | PS win (new seat) | PS win (new seat) | PS win (new seat) | PS win (new seat) |
Legislative Election 2012: Overseas residents 5 - 1st round :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | UMP | Laurence Sailliet | 5,087 | 31.88 | − |
| | PS | Arnaud Leroy | 4,870 | 30.52 | − |
| | EELV | Carolina Punset | 1,514 | 9.49 | − |
| | FG | Juliette Estivil | 1,374 | 8.61 | − |
| | FN | Alain Lavarde | 1,035 | 6.49 | − |
| | Radical | Richard Onses | 745 | 4.67 | − |
| | DVD | Charles-Philippe d'Orléans | 486 | 3.05 | − |
| | Independent | Bernard Soulier | 347 | 1.37 | − |
| | PLD | Sophie Levamis | 218 | 0.99 | − |
| | PRG | Muriel Guenoux | 124 | 0.78 | |
| | SP | Sébastein Drochon | 101 | 0.63 | − |
| | Independent | Catherine N'Guyen Thi Minh | 64 | 0.40 | − |
| | DLR | Jean-Bastien Urfels | 21 | 0.13 | − |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 16 185 | 20.4 | − |